The abrupt shutdown of "Ain't No Mo'" has some questioning if Broadway is doing enough to reach BIPOC audiences.
When news hit that Jordan E. Cooper’s “Ain’t No Mo’,” a rollicking, edgy play that chronicles the Black experience in America, was closing just a few weeks after its Broadway opening in December, some pretty big names stepped forward to try to save it.
But ultimately, “Ain’t No Mo’” shut its doors on Dec. 23. A couple of days before the closing, Cooper spoke to MarketWatch about his frustration.The “Ain’t No Mo’” closing followed the abrupt shutdown in December of “KPOP,” a work that celebrated the Korean pop music genre and featured a largely Asian cast and creative team.
Theater critic Christian Lewis summarized the situation in a Twitter post: “Broadway needs to change, this is unacceptable.”
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